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Woman's Hour Drama - Old Peter's Russian Tales - Fish Tales

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Magical folk tales from Russia by Arthur Ransome, as told by Old Peter the forester to his grandchildren Vanya and Maroosia. An old fisherman's kindness to a golden fish is repaid almost endlessly when his shrewish wife starts making ever-increasing demands. Old Peter/ Golden Fish ...... Trevor Cooper Vanya/Roach ...... Harry Hughes Maroosia/Ersh ...... Megan Williams Gudgeon ...... Ben Crowe Perch ...... Liz Sutherland Old Man ...... John Rowe Wife ...... Helen Longworth.